How To Draw Hip Roof

The preview window displays a dimensioned plan view of the hip roof.

How to draw hip roof.

Use the line tool to draw a vertical edge from. Mark the length of the hip measuring down from the longest point of the plumb cut. To create a hip roof select build wall straight exterior wall from the menu and draw four connecting walls to form an enclosed area. When creating a hip roof be sure not to draw across the entire length of the wall as you will need space on either end for adjacent roof planes.

That is where the seat cut should be made. Use the protractor tool to create an angled guide at the corner of your roof. This dialog also serves as the default. Then mark another plumb cut 25mm over which denotes where the hip would touch the wall plate if it wasn t for the gap.

Select build roof roof planeand click and drag a baseline across the length of a wall. Then measure down that plumb cut the same distance as the common rafter s height above plate. Select hip from the roof type dropdown list or click on the corresponding button on the toolbar to calculate a hip roof. Create a roof overhang.

On the roofpanel of the build. As you can see the 2 lines to the top left of the image are just drawn in approximately. To start drawing in the hipped roof draw lines at 45 degree angles from all the points on the roof as shown in blue. Architects and builders often express.

Release the mouse button and move your cursor in the upwards direction. Select build roof build roof from the menu to open the build roofdialog.